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From: "gordon crooks" <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Leitersburg Cemeteries
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:17:26 -0300
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Lauren: Do you know the name. address of any funeral home in Leitersburg,
they are often fountains of info on local burials/cemeteries etc.

Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Brantner" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Leitersburg Cemeteries


> Gordon,
>
> From Morrow and Morrow's marriage index are these spelling variations:
> MAYHEW, MAHUGH, and MAYHU
>
> Grooms:
> John Viney Bell 12/2/1801
> Jm./Reb. Jackson 4/1/1816
> Benj. F./Jane E. Bridgement 7/26/1839
> Jm. F./Han. Deitrick 8/17/1859
> Brides:
> MAYHEW, Maria./Arch. Ziegler 6/17/1837
> MAHUGH, Maria F./Wm. Onderdonk 10/29/1850
>
> There is nothing in estate distributions 1778-1835 and nothing in F.
> Edward Wright's newspaper extractions from 1820-1830. The two cemetery
> volumes I own are II and III. II is Clearspring district 4 and Hancock
> dist. 5 and vol. III is Cavetown district 7, Rohrersville, dist. 8 and
> Conococheague dist. 13. Perhaps someone else who has the rest of the
> volumes can do a lookup for you.
> From George Russell Ely's guide to research in the county is a list of
> available church records. There is a Presbyterian Church in Hagerstown
> but records available appear to start in 1858 and those are in the
> Washington County Historical Society. There are only two church records
> listed at Leitersburg - Jacob's Lutheran Church - 1791-1854 compiled by
> Matilda Detrich in 1970 and Jacob's Church 1791-1854 - Rachael S.
> Schwartz, handwritten transcript 1951 also in the historical society.
> The first Jacob's Church mentioned is available on microfilm from Family
> History Centers. If you want those numbers, let me know. Note: there
> may be other church records not listed here - not all records appear to
> be available. Another sourcebook is Edna Kanely's, Directory of
> Maryland Church Records.
>
> Good hunting!
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
>
> gordon crooks wrote:
>
> >Lauren: Another thing strikes me. The Crooks family were Presbyterian
> >Convenators, however by 1842 they were branching out to other religions,
> >especially thru marriages, so are there any Lutheran or Seceder burial
> >grounds in Leitersburg for this period of time. Also do you have any
other
> >info on the Mayhugh family? Most of what I have I am picking up from the
> >family bible which covers 267 years, but runs from first son to first
son,
> >so there isn't a lot about cousins and other relatives
> >
> > Gordon
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lauren Brantner" <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Leitersburg Cemeteries
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Gordon, there are some Mayhugh burials in the Church of United
> >>Bretheren Graveyard at State Line PA, near the MD line. Rebecca, wife of
> >>George and at least one of their children. They are of a later time
> >>period - her dates are 1846-1889 and the child died in 1867. Two others
> >>are buried there - Samuel who died at 14 months in 1869 and John who
> >>died at age 11 in 1888. If you want detailed info, let me know - these
> >>are from Vol. III. Hopefully Rebecca's gravestone lasted long enough to
> >>make the readings in the 1930's and someone else will turn it up in
> >>another volume.
> >>
> >>Lauren Brantner
> >>
> >>gordon crooks wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Does anyone know how many cemeteries existed in Leitersburg, Md. in
1842.
> >>>
> >>>
> >I am trying to locate the grave of Rebecca Crooks Mayhugh, wife of James
P.
> >Mayhugh who died June 21, 1842.
> >
> >
> >>> Gordon crooks
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